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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1962 Page Three Varicose Veins Most Frequent Circulator Ailment Assn. Claims This is one of a series of health columns about your heart prepared by the Utah Heart Association and pub-lished by this newspaper as a public service.) Varicose veins are probably the most common of circulatory disorders that affect both men and women. The word "vari-cose" simply means swollen, according to the Utah Heart As-sociation. ' To understand the why's and how's of varicose veins you should know something about the circulatory system which carries blood to every part of your body. The heart, of course, it its center and dynamo. It sends blood out through the arteries and is the depot to which the blood returns through the veins. On its way back from the legs to the heart, the blood has a long uphill climb. Three things help in this upward journey. Blood pressure, stronger in the arteries, is much diminished in the veins but still gives some push to the blood. The movement of leg muscles during normal ac-tivity or exercise helps massage the blood upward through vein wayys. The third aid is a very ingenious anti-gravi- ty device: tiny cup-lik- e valves which sec-tion off the veins and maintain one-wa-y traffic; These valves open to let the blood travel up-ward then close tightly so that blood will not fall back. Varicose veins develop when vein walls or valves become weakened. Some people may be born with weak valves or weak vein walls. But diseases, injury, overweight, tight clothing, preg-nancy and other stresses can also damage or put greater pressure on the veins. When walls of the veins are weak, they may give way under the pressure of blood and sag outward at the site of the valves. As a result, the valves cannot close tightly to regulate the flow of blood. This, in turn, further increases the pressure of blood against the vein walls, which may balloon out and become "varicosed." Standing or sitting for long periods is hard on people with varicose veins because blood ac-cumulates in the lower legs and puts greater pressure on the veins. This is one reason why doctors recommend that such persons put their feet up at the office, if they can get away with it, at home watching tele-vision or doing sit-dow- n chores. Even if you don't have varicose veins it is a good idea to walk around every half-hou- r or so during a long plane or train trip. Interrupt long motor trips to let the whole family get out and stretch their legs. Periodical medical check-up- s are advisable for people with varicose veins, says the Utah Heart Association. Let your doc-tor decide whether or not you need treatment. If. your veins seem to getting worse, your doc-tor can prevent serious damage if you see him soon enough. A free booklet entitled "Varicose Veins" is available from the Utah Heart Association, 250 East 1st South, Salt Lake City. Machinery, Equipment Displays Will Feature 1962 Mining Show A mammoth display of mining and mineral processing machin-ery and equipment will feature the 1962 Metal Mining and In-dustrial Minerals Convention and Exposition of the American Mining Congress, which will be held in San Francisco Septem-ber 24-2- 7, Julian Conover, AMC executive vice president, has announced. This year's exposition, fre-quently referred to as the "Min-ing Show," will fill all inside display areas of San Francisco's large Civic Auditorium and ad-jacent Brooks Hall, with other exhibits utilizing outside areas. The more than 200 manufac-turers who have already con-tracted for display space play an important role in the mining in-dustry's continuing efforts to modernize and automate its mines and plants. Manufacturers will have their top technical men on hand to assist mine op-erators in solving their machin-ery and equipment problems. In addition to studying the ex-hibits, the thousands of Mining Show visitors will exchange ideas on operating practices and experiences during four days of convention sessions, which will be addressed by experienced mining officials on management and operating methods and tech-niques. As in the past, the mining show is expected to attract hun-dreds of mining men from other nations who are interested in the application of American methods and equipment to their own operations. Dairy Queen Will Be Hostess for Food Festival Tour Carol Bateman, Salt Lake County's Dairy Princess, will be hostess for this area for the an-nual Utah Dairy Foods Festival Tour, scheduled to arrive in Salt Lake County on Friday, Septem-ber 14. The caravan, sponsored by the American Dairy Association of Utah, is now making an 800-mil- e journey through the state. Headed by lovely Marjorie Ann Garner, Utah's Dairy Prin-cess, the tour is reminding Utahns of the importance of keeping physically fit through good eating. "We are stressing the health-givin- g goodness of Utah's dairy products, recog-nized nationally for their su-perior quality," said Harold L. Pope, tour chairman. Presentations are being made by the Dairy Princess and her attendants to mayors, civic lead- - Doctor Urges Day Off for Wives To Cut Heart-Damagi- ng Tension at homecoming time, you're mak-ing a real contribution." The article is titled, "How Can I Help My Husband Avoid a Heart Attack?" Coronary heart disease, often associated with tension, kills one of every four men over 35, and also is increasing among women. To make life longer and easier for both sexes, a heart specialist urges women "to take off one day a week, away from the chil-dren, away from the house." This is part of the advice Dr. Herman Sobol, attending cardi-ologist at the Heart Institute of Presbyterian Hospital, Newark, N.J., gives Jean Libman Block in an interview in the Septem-ber Reader's Digest. The day-of- f program, he says, will not only make a woman feel better, but her husband probably will bene-fit, too: "when you have a ner-vous, tense woman, the man who comes home to her becomes ner-vous and tense, too." Dr. Sobol urges wives to take some of the pressure off their husbands bv cutting out the "five o'clock frenzy" and giving the man a little rest before din-ner. "When a man comes home from work, he needs a little com-fort, peace and understanding. Too often he gets the opposite. His wife has been saving up her irritations all day to throw at him. If the children are small, they're hungry and squabbling. If they're older, they often pounce with some grievance or demand. "A wife should rearrange her schedule, perhaps feed the young children earlier. She can make a deal with the older ones to save problems until after din-ner. Then she'll be able to sit down quietly with her husband for a few minutes, have a drink with him, if that's their habit, give him a chance to recover from the day. If you can intro-duce an element of restfulness 1 --T I I I " Help your youngster earn higher grades this I (151 5 I J year ve "m Penty glarclcss, low-co- st I I lp light. He'll read faster, easier, more enjoyably. I T"V"7 r"l Z""? Bulb of 150 watts. Provide a study table I 5 I 5 v? 'amP wtl1 f at cast 0 watts even I C I I I CI iO J larger, if possible, for floor lamp. (A 150-wa- tt bulb costs less than half a cent an hour to ifrjinfpnjiTi1 pera,e) ( n 2. Large, Thick Shade. Be sure shade is thick , Olfll lUjf enough so glare does not come through . . . wide J J LIU VUU U enough at bottom to spread light over entire Ififlf HT1H1 study area. 3. White Lining. Shade should have white lin-iin- il Hi pTB t0 reect max'mum it. P 1 ll lli 1?BIS 4 At Least 2 Lights. To eliminate shadows, w WmwWm Plllii cvery room should have at least 2 lamps or fixtures. j I If Pill jj FROM YOUR pjfjl ELECTRIC Mfc p p H DEALER NOW H0ME UTAH POWER & LIGHT CO. Guard Announces Trainee Openings Recent reshuffling of units following their release from ac-tive duty (has left some 150 va-cancies for six-mon- th trainees in the Utah National Guard, Maj. Gen. Maxwell E. Rich, Utah Adjutant General, noted today. Three dates have been set for the trainees to start their train-ing cycles. They will leave for Ford Ord, Calif., on Sept. 17, 20 and 27. Deadline for applicants is Sept. 15. The vacancies have been allo-cated to all 27 cities throughout the state where the Utah Na-tional Guard operates, Gen. Rich said, and a young man can get into almost any type unit in his home town that he wished. Enlistments may be made at any Utah National Guard Ar-mory in the state. Applicants must be at least high school graduates, in good physical con-dition and capable of passing a few tests. While on active duty they will have eight weeks of basic com-bat training, eight weeks ad-vanced individual training and eight weeks of additional ad-vanced or on-the-j- ob training. Communications is one of the areas where personnel are needed. "These latest vacancies offer young an opportunity to serve their country in their home towns, after serving their six months of active duty training," Gen. Rich concluded. |